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Recently, filmmaker and art director Anton Artemenkov visited the studio to make a short film about John as part of the ‘Analogue Tribes’ series. Analogue Tribes “is a web series of short films featuring analogue image makers, their...

Back in January, journalist Helen Clifton came to our studio in Manchester so that John could teach her how to make an albumen print from a wetplate negative. The idea of the day was to recreate an image by Julia Margaret Cameron for an article for...

JULIA MARGARET CAMERON 28 November 2015 – 14 February 2016 Supported by The Bernard Lee Schwartz Foundation This donation was made possible by the American Friends of the V&A To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Julia Margaret Cameron...

Although we only set up our website a short while ago at the end of October, it seems like a lot has happened since then, including workshops in London and Manchester, the Shutterhub exhibition and a great Christmas gig at The Vaults in Waterloo with...

The following blog entry was originally featured on Shutter Hub as part of a blog series written by artists involved in the Alternative Process exhibition currently running at The Engine Room in Mossley, Manchester. INTERVIEW WITH JOHN BREWER Who are...

Here’s some information about our upcoming workshops, including venues, dates, pricing and booking. For a full calendar of events, go here. Venues Workshops are held at John’s Manchester studio and in the South of France at the Villa Roquette,...

We both have work on display at the Alternative Process exhibition at John Kiely’s gallery space, The Engine Room at Woodend Mill in Mossley. John’s piece is a tintype he took of artist Vineta Gailite at our event in Todmorden and mine...

One of John’s students has made a fab short film of his October workshop at Double Negative Darkroom in London. As you can see, it speeds through the process – pouring collodion, sensitising the plate, exposure and development – at...

To celebrate National Heritage Weekend, we took wet plate portraitsat this two-day event on Saturday September 13th and Sunday September 14th organised by Michele Selway in Todmorden Unitarian Church. The church is a fantastic venue, “full of quirky...

As part of Chorlton Arts Festival, we will be taking wet plate portraits for this two-day event on Saturday May 24th and Sunday May 25th organised by Michele Selway in a pop-up shop on Chorlton High Road. Chorlton Arts Festival is one of...

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The Victorian Photographer recreates the magic of 19th century photography for your event. Photographic team John Brewer and Kate Horsley specialise in portraiture, using 19th century techniques, cameras, chemistry and costumes to bring the Victorian era back to life for your event.